Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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